ShareX (multifunctional tool for screenshots)

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ShareX 11.9.1 (multifunctional tool for screenshots)

Capture the screen, save images in different formats, record video clips, create animations GIF, download them on the Internet, adjust photos or automatically apply watermarks.

 

ShareX is a multifunctional and powerful screenshot tool for Windows users. Honestly, this is one of the most impressive graphical capture tools that we have come across on Softpedia in the free software section.


It is open-source and has a lot of configuration settings that help to download images on the Internet, perform automatic actions after capture, adjust images, apply watermarks, etc.

Free image capture with open source

First, you can perform a clean and quick installation using ShareX, since it does not include third-party components. It creates an icon in the system tray on startup for quick access, which allows you to quickly capture the screen in several ways, and also display the main window to mess with the settings.

Manual or automatic capture mode

You can capture a full-screen, active window, monitor, rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, triangle, diamond, polygon, free hand and the last region, and start a recording session. GIF animation.


The automatic capture mode can be activated when you plan to leave the workstation unattended, indirectly controlling its activity. You can specify the repeat time, select a region or a full screen, and automatically reduce it in the notification area and wait for the download to complete.

Copy, save, adjust, enhance and upload pictures

For actions after capture, you can resize images, add watermarks and captions, borders or shadows, print images or copy them to the clipboard, save them to the preferred file type on the disk (for example, download and specify the host). The beauty is that you can select several actions that must be taken into account simultaneously and automatically, for example, you can save the image to a file, copy it to the clipboard and upload it to the server at the same time.

After uploading images, you can use the URL shortcut, publish a link to the social networking platform or send it via email. ShareX offers support for multiple hosts relative to the image loader (for example, Imgur.com, Pastebin.com, Dropbox.com), sending text (for example, Pastebin.com, Pastee.org), downloading files (for example, Google Drive, FTP server, public folder) and shortening the URL (for example, Bit.ly, Goo.gl).

The focus is on setting up keyboard shortcuts, since you can add shortcut keys to almost anything from loading the clipboard contents to saving the screen or grab the active window. Other settings focus on sound playback after capture, recording job information in history, adjusting quality, resizing images and applying effects, among other things.

Evaluation and Conclusion

The tool had minimal impact on the performance of the computer during our tests. It certainly has many options and options for customization that you can offer. Overall, we were very pleased with this free, open source and full screen capture tool.